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SustainEpisode 266: Sustain OSS Virtual Event: Recap!Guests
Eriol Fox | Allen “Gunner” Gunn | Leslie Hawthorn | Abby Cabunoc Mayes
Panelist
Richard Littauer
Show Notes
In this special episode of Sustain, Richard has a discussion with guests and fellow hosts Eriol Fox, Abby Cabunoc Mayes,
Leslie Hawthorne, and Gunner, about the recent virtual Sustain event discussing the current state and
future of sustaining open source software. The conversation covers a broad range of topics, from the impact
of AI on open source and the complexity of corporate funding, to the importance of succession planning and
...2025-04-1822 min
SustainEpisode 262: Brian Muenzenmeyer on Approachable Open SourceGuest
Brian Muenzenmeyer
Panelists
Richard Littauer | Abbigail Cabunoc Mayes
Show Notes
In this episode of Sustain, host Richard Littauer is joined by co-host Abigail Cabunoc Mayes and guest Brian Muenzenmeyer, a seasoned open source contributor. Brian shares his journey in web development, his experiences with burnout, and insights from his new book, Approachable Open Source. Some key topics discussed include contributing to open source projects, community building, maintaining balance, and funding models for sustainability. This episode emphasizes the role of diverse contributions and the importance of creating accessible avenues...2025-01-0333 min
SustainEpisode 260: Robert Douglass and contributing as a corporation to OSSGuest
Robert Douglass
Panelist
Richard Littauer | Abby Cabunoc Mayes
Show Notes
In this episode of Sustain, hosts Richard Littauer and Abby Cabunoc Mayes speak with Robert Douglass, Entrepreneur in Residence at Open Strategy Partners, to delve into sustaining open source projects. They explore Robert's extensive history with Drupal, the role of Open Strategy Partners, and the innovative Drupal Certified Partner Program designed to address the maker-taker dilemma in open source. The episode also covers the recently launched RFP templates aimed at promoting open source software and certified partners. Robert...2024-12-1332 min
SustainEpisode 248: Lorenzo Sciandra and Mirko Swillus on STF's "Fellowship for Maintainers" ProgramGuest
Lorenzo Sciandra | Mirko Swillus
Panelist
Richard Littauer | Abby Mayes
Show Notes
In this episode of Sustain, host Richard Littauer and co-host Abby Mayes are joined by Lorenzo Sciandra and Mirko Swillus from the Sovereign Tech Fund (STF) to discuss the launch of the "Fellowship for Maintainers" program. Funded by the German government, STF is dedicated to supporting open-source sustainability by funding maintainers, especially those who work on multiple projects. Lorenzo and Mirko explain how the program aims to bridge funding gaps for solo maintainers, provide mentorship, and ensure...2024-09-2035 min
SustainEpisode 213: Chad Whitacre on Sponsoring $500,000 to Open SourceGuest
Chad Whitacre
Panelists
Richard Littauer | Abby Cabunoc Mayes | Leslie Hawthorne | Justin Dorfman
YouTube
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Show Notes
In this episode of Sustain, host Richard Littauer is joined co-hosts Abby, Leslie, and Justin to talk with special guest, Chad Whitacre, co-founder of SustainOSS and Sentry’s Head of Open Source. Today, Chad sheds light on Sentry’s contributions in open source funding programs, the challenges, successes, and plans for progression. Chad also introduces FOSS Funder, a plat...2023-12-2238 min
SustainEpisode 210: Dr. Bryan Behrenshausen on GitLabGuest
Dr. Bryan G. Behrenshausen
Panelist
Leslie Hawthorn | Abby Cabunoc Mayes
Show Notes
In this episode, hosts Leslie Hawthorn from Red Hat and Abby Cabunoc Mayes from GitHub, welcome Dr. Bryan G. Behrenshausen, a Senior Open Source Program Manager at GitLab. This episode delves deep into the world of open source, discussing its importance, challenges, and how companies like GitLab and GitHub are navigating and supporting the open source community. Bryan showcases GitLab’s initiatives to support open source communities, touching on programs like the GitLab for Open Source, an...2023-12-0133 min
SustainEpisode 189: Otto Richter on CodebergGuest
Otto Richter
Panelists
Richard Littauer | Abby Cabunoc Mayes
Show Notes
Welcome back to another episode of Sustain! The podcast where we talk about sustaining open source for the long haul. In this episode, Richard and Abby are joined by guest Otto Richter. Otto is the executive director of Codeberg, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing a free and open space for developers to host their software projects. It’s like GitHub or GitLab but powered by free software as an alternative to proprietary software platforms. Today, we learn ab...2023-06-3037 min
SustainEpisode 187: Karthik Ram on Research Software SustainabilityGuest
Karthik Ram
Panelists
Richard Littauer | Abby Cabunoc Mayes
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to Sustain! The podcast where we talk about sustaining open source for the long haul. In this episode, Richard and Abby are joined by guest Karthik Ram, a research scientist at UC Berkeley’s Institute for Data Science and Berkeley Initiative for Global Change Biology, as well as co-founder and director of the rOpenSci Project, and lead at URSSI. Karthik’s journey from field ecologist to data scientist has propelled him into roles that advocate for...2023-06-2341 min
The Business of Open SourceBuilding a Sustainable Platform With Abigail Cabunoc Mayes"Fueling a culture of openness in innovation and research." That slogan is well known to Abigail Cabunoc Mayes, a leader in GitHub's open-source maintainer program. With a background in open science, Mayes felt right at home when jumping to open source and mentoring many developers at the Cloud-based Hosting service.On this episode of The Business of Open Source, listen to Mayes speak on sustainability and resilience in building a platform for developers and what makes a robust and sustainable environment. Mayes also talks about financial stability and models in the open source world and what it...2023-05-1023 min
SustainEpisode 171: Chris Baker & Stephen Jacobs on Open@RITGuests
Chris Baker | Stephen Jacobs
Panelists
Richard Littauer | Justin Dorfman | Abby Cabunoc Mayes
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to Sustain! The podcast where we talk about sustaining open source for the long haul. Today, we are excited to have as our guests, Chris Baker and Stephen Jacobs, who work at RIT (Rochester Institute of Technology). Chris is the Assistant Director for the Open@RIT Program Office, and Stephen is a Professor at RIT and the Founder of Open@RIT.
Our conversations today focus on how academia is...2023-04-2840 min
SustainEpisode 164: Derek Kozel & Abby Cabunoc Mayes at State of Open Con 2023Guest
Derek Kozel | Abby Cabunoc Mayes
Panelist
Richard Littauer
Show Notes
Welcome back to another episode of Sustain! The podcast where we talk about sustaining open source for the long haul. Richard is at the State of Open Con 2023 UK in London, and he’s excited to have his first ever in-person podcasts. On this episode he has two guests for us to enjoy. His first guest is the President of GNU Radio, Derek Kozel. Hear the moment Derek blows Richard’s mind about all the uses for GNU Radi...2023-04-0433 min
The Mycelium Network PodcastOpen Source at GitHub with Abigail Cabunoc Mayes and Naytri SramekThis week I am doing some cross-promotion of my other podcast, the Mechanical Ink podcast. If you enjoy this episode, you can subscribe to the show here:https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mechanical-ink--In this episode of the Mechanical Ink podcast, Schalk is joined by Abby and Naytri from GitHub. In this enlightening and far-reaching conversation, we cover some of the new initiatives launched by GitHub, such as GitHub Accelerator and the GitHub Fund. We also cover enhancements to GitHub Sponsors, what GitHub learned from the OS Grants...2023-03-151h 05
Mechanical Ink PodcastJulia Stewart Lowndes - Open Science, Openscapes, Climate Action, and KindnessIn this episode of the Mechanical Ink podcast, marine ecologist and co-founder of Openscapes, Julia Stewart Lowndes, joins the show to discuss a variety of topics. Lowndes explains the concept of open science and the role of the Mozilla Foundation played in forming Openscapes. She also touches on contributing to open science on GitHub, psychological safety, and inclusivity. Additionally, we discuss the climate crisis and explore solutions and ways to get involved in local climate action. We highlight a number of resources where you can learn more about the climate. The conversation also covers the impact of the climate...2023-03-081h 07
SustainEpisode 151: Announcement! Sustain Session @ State of Open Con 2023 in londonPanelists
Richard Littauer | Pia Mancini | Ben Nickolls
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to Sustain! The podcast where we talk about sustaining open source for the long haul. This is a short episode today because we are headed to London in early February for a Sustain event. Why are we going to London? Well, it’s the State of Open Con 2023, February 7-8, an event that is all things open source, including legal, governance, technology itself, hardware, and data, put on mainly by Amanda Brock and Open UK, and funded by IEEE SA and ma...2023-01-2707 min
Mechanical Ink PodcastGitHub's Role in Shaping the Next Era of Open Source with Abigail Cabunoc Mayes and Naytri SramekIn this episode of the Mechanical Ink podcast, Schalk is joined by Abby and Naytri from GitHub. In this enlightening and far-reaching conversation, we cover some of the new initiatives launched by GitHub, such as GitHub Accelerator and the GitHub Fund. We also cover enhancements to GitHub Sponsors, what GitHub learned from the OS Grants project in GitHub, and how companies and open-source can aid in creating opportunities for creators in developing countries.We also touch on the social aspects of GitHub, how GitHub has managed to keep the platform largely healthy and welcoming, and how we...2022-12-141h 05
Sustain Our SoftwareSOS 015: Open Source Leadership With Abigail Cabunoc Mayes
This episode of Sustain our Software features Abigail Cabunoc Mayes. Abigail has a background in bioinformatics and computer science and has an interest in using computers to solve problems in biology. She works for the Mozilla Foundation where she is a practice lead working Open. She has been named in “100 Awesome Women in Open source” and mentioned in Github’s State of the Octoverse 2016. Abigail begins by sharing some of how she got started and what interests her in technology. The discussion then moves to altmetrics and how Abigail helps people publish code and get recognition for their work.
R...2019-10-2246 min
SustainEpisode 15: Open Source Leadership With Abigail Cabunoc MayesThis episode of Sustain our Software features Abigail Cabunoc Mayes. Abigail has a background in bioinformatics and computer science and has an interest in using computers to solve problems in biology. She works for the Mozilla Foundation where she is a practice lead working Open. She has been named in “100 Awesome Women in Open source” and mentioned in Github’s State of the Octoverse 2016. Abigail begins by sharing some of how she got started and what interests her in technology. The discussion then moves to altmetrics and how Abigail helps people publish code and get recognition for their work.
...2019-10-2246 min
Sustain Our SoftwareSOS 015: Open Source Leadership With Abigail Cabunoc MayesThis episode of Sustain our Software features Abigail Cabunoc Mayes. Abigail has a background in bioinformatics and computer science and has an interest in using computers to solve problems in biology. She works for the Mozilla Foundation where she is a practice lead working Open. She has been named in “100 Awesome Women in Open source” and mentioned in Github’s State of the Octoverse 2016. Abigail begins by sharing some of how she got started and what interests her in technology. The discussion then moves to altmetrics and how Abigail helps people publish code and get recognition for their work. Richard asks Ab...2019-10-2246 min
The Changelog: Software Development, Open SourceBiases in AI, helping veterans get jobs in software, open science (Interview)Adam and Jerod are on location at OSCON and talk with Camille Eddy about recognizing biases in AI, Jerome Hardaway about the work he’s doing to prepare veterans for jobs in software, and Abby Cobunoc Mayes about the work she’s doing at Mozilla for open science.
Join the discussionChangelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today!Sponsors:Rollbar – We catch our errors before our users do because of Rollbar. Resolve errors in minutes, and deploy your code with confidence. Learn...2018-08-011h 03Changelog InterviewsBiases in AI, helping veterans get jobs in software, open scienceAdam and Jerod are on location at OSCON and talk with Camille Eddy about recognizing biases in AI, Jerome Hardaway about the work he’s doing to prepare veterans for jobs in software, and Abby Cobunoc Mayes about the work she’s doing at Mozilla for open science.
Join the discussionChangelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today!Sponsors:Rollbar – We catch our errors before our users do because of Rollbar. Resolve errors in minutes, and deploy your code with confidence. Learn...2018-08-011h 03